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AMERICA
AMERICA is a 1897 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 21 inspections since 1994, most recently in March 2025, along with 2 deficiencies, 1 operational control and 4 casualty investigations between 2006 and 2020.
Records from 1994 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 25 March 2025.
- Built
- 1897
- Last inspected
- 25 March 2025
- Documentation
- Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
- Deficiencies
- 2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
- Casualties
- 4 investigations · 2006–2020
Identity
107302
WC7556
55419
Flag
UNITED STATES
367176310
Maury page id
psix-55419
Inspections, by type
The 21 inspections in the strip above, split by the kind of activity the US
Coast Guard recorded. Years with a record are calendar years in which a record exists, not
years in service. What Maury does not do.
Coast Guard record current through 13 September 2026, retrieved 18 September 2026 from PSIX. Every field on this page was recorded by the Coast Guard. Records for the Towing Vessel class in Maury's sources begin in 1980.
Documentation record
Registered dimensions (L × B × D)83.0 ft × 21.2 ft × 9.6 ft
Registered tonnagegross 105 / net 71
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
Builderbuilder not recorded · BUFFALO, NY, UNITED STATES · built 1897
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionDiesel Reduction
Hull shapeNot recorded
Hull configurationNot recorded
Hailing portWILMINGTON, DE
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Registry
DocumentationValid · issued 2 July 2026 · expires 31 August 2027
Service, as the file records itTowing Vessel
Hull formpowered (Maury's inference from propulsion, hull shape, material and length, rule hf-1; not a recorded fact)
Tonnage as PSIX records it105 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
71 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
71 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
Every line above is a field of the National Vessel Documentation Center's file as served by NOAA Fisheries, dated 10 September 2026, matched to this hull on its Official Number. Registered and ITC measurements are two systems and are never combined. One snapshot is held so far; documentation history begins with the next.
Radio station licence
WC7556MMSI 367176310 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 18 May 2017, expires 28 May 2027
FCC Universal Licensing System ship-station file of 6 September 2026, matched to this hull on its
US Official Number. Status and dates are the file’s own. The licensee is not read from the file and is not shown.
A lapsed licence’s MMSI is still the number the vessel transmitted under while it was valid.
Inspected as a tow unit · 7
The Coast Guard recorded this vessel and the following in the same inspection activity — normally a tug and the barges in its tow. A recreational or unclassed hull in the same activity is held and not published, so it does not appear here: these lists are a floor, not a complete manifest.
GREAT LAKES Tank Barge · MISLE 54515 · 23 September 2019 · activity 6819089MICHIGAN Towing Vessel · MISLE 209399 · 23 September 2019 · activity 6819089SCOW 17 Industrial Vessel · MISLE 113657 · 22 August 2000 · activity 126725NOBILITY Freight Ship · MISLE 227994 · 6 November 1995 · activity 28798COLORADO Towing Vessel · MISLE 57754 · 25 October 1995 · activity 129791MANITOULIN Freight Ship · MISLE 221633 · 25 October 1995 · activity 129791JOHN J. BOLAND Freight Ship · MISLE 47659 · 29 December 1994 · activity 99205COLORADO Towing Vessel · MISLE 57754 · 29 December 1994 · activity 99205Inspection history · 21
25 March 2025
Liferaft Servicing
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Cleveland · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 8104350
21 June 2022
COI Inspection · Administrative Inspection · Initial Certification
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Cleveland · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7482839
1 August 2020
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Northern Great Lakes · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7028833
5 October 2019
Deficiency Check · Damage Survey · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Sturgeon Bay · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 6828887
5 October 2019
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Sturgeon Bay · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 6830508
5 October 2019
Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection · Damage Survey
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Sturgeon Bay · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 6833349
23 September 2019
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Sturgeon Bay · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 6819089
5 March 2019
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Detroit · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 6636519
17 February 2016
Liferaft Servicing
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Cleveland · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 5816859
24 April 2014
Spot Check (Safety)
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Chicago · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 4850912
27 September 2013
Industry Initiated Exam · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Sector Lake Michigan · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 4726312
23 August 2013
Administration · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Sector Lake Michigan · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 4694463
5 September 2012
Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Sector Lake Michigan · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 4433096
27 June 2012
Industry Initiated Exam
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Chicago · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 4359752
6 February 2007
Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Detroit · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 2968239
8 September 2006
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Lake Michigan · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 2794157
22 August 2000
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO CLEVELAND · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 126725
6 November 1995
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO DETROIT · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 28798
25 October 1995
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO DETROIT · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 129791
29 December 1994
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO DETROIT · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 99205
14 December 1994
Uninspected Towing Vessel
Physical examination · MSO DETROIT · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 1438244
Deficiency record · 2
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)
Issued 6 October 2019
Resolved
Observed operation of the vessels steering system and controls dockside and while underway in the Fox River. Observed about one inch of movement in the rudder upper quadrant, and quadrant vibrate excessively in various conditions. Excessive play and shaking of rudder quadrant appears to cause by severely worn rudder bearings. In the opinion of the attending CG MI the excessive shaking will increase when towing, and will likely cause the steering control cables or rudder angle indicator cables to fail, or jump off a sheave or come off a large machined spool piece in the aft steering compartment. Attending CG MI believes the steering system is not within the speciation's as designed, or being maintained as required by 46 CFR 143.205. Owner/operator shall make proper and permanent repairs to the vessels rudder, prior to the vessels movement.
02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Steering gear
Issued 5 October 2019
Resolved
On 5OCT19 the WISCONSIN suffered a loss of steering as a result of a steering system cable parting which prevented the vessel from safe navigation. The cable connects to the steering control lever on the bridge which allows for steerage and serves as a rudder angle indication system. The steering system is to be properly repaired to operating condition and as designed. Prior to sail these repairs are to be witnessed by a qualified Coast Guard towing vessel inspector. To prove proper operation of the repair, steering sea trials are to be conducted with the Coast Guard Inspector on board.
Casualty record · 4
8 September 2006Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2794157
5 March 2019Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6636519
5 October 2019Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6830508
1 August 2020Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7028833
Each line is an incident investigation the Coast Guard recorded with this hull among the vessels involved, with the date and the classification the Coast Guard gave it, and the bridge, lock or dam the investigation names where it names one. Involvement is not fault. The investigation narrative is not published. Source: IIR, through 2026.
Recorded names · 1
WISCONSIN (2006–2020). Names as the Coast Guard recorded them in incident records, with the years they appear; some are renames and some are spelling variants.
Ownership record
The Coast Guard's documentation record for this hull -- the Abstract of Title,
with its owners and liens as filed -- is not in PSIX. Ask, and Maury buys it from the National
Vessel Documentation Center, files it here with its date, and every reader of this page gets it.